Oriental Plover

The oriental plover, or oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized plover closely related to the Caspian plover, 21–25cm long with a wingspan of 46–53cm, weighing about 95g. The adult male in breeding plumage has a white face, throat and fore-crown, a grey-brown hind-crown, hind-neck and back, and a white belly with a narrow black band and a broad chestnut breast band. Females, juveniles and non-breeding males are generally grey-brown above with a white belly and a pale face with a white streak above the eye (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating south each year to spend the non-breeding season in Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia (Wikipedia, general species account).